1928 FA Cup Final: Blackburn vs Huddersfield Town

Blackburn 3 - 1 Huddersfield Town

• Blackburn
  • Roscamp 1'
  • Roscamp 85'
  • McLean 22'
• Huddersfield Town
  • Jackson 55'

Wembley - Saturday 21st April

Attendance: 92,041

Match Referee: T.G. Bryan

Team Line-ups:

Blackburn were hardly expected to beat Huddersfield, lying second in the League to Newcastle and demolishing all opposition in the earlier ties with one six‑ and two four‑goal victories. A side that eventually avoided relegation by only three points could surely not stop Huddersfield's tremendous forward‑line of five internationals.

Roscamp scoring for Blackburn Rovers with 60 seconds gone.

But Blackburn, too, could boast their internationals: the full‑back pair, Hutton and Jones; wing‑halves, Healless and Campbell; Puddefoot and Rigby in attack. And they had knocked out both Newcastle and Arsenal en route to the Final.

Huddersfield never recovered from Roscamp's goal for Blackburn within the first thirty seconds ‑ the fastest goal in a Wembley Final, and before half‑time McLean had sent a skimming shot into the goal to add to Blackburn's lead. Blackburn's play was showing a relentless determination that wore down Huddersfield's famous forward‑line.

Tommy McLean scores Blackburn's Second Goal

Alex Jackson, switched from the wing into the centre after the interval, gave Huddersfield a fighting chance by closing the gap with a fast shot that hit the underside of the bar on its way into the net. The goal was also significant for another reason: it was the first time both sides had scored in a Final since 1910.

Even Jackson, a player with a genius for snatching goals from unexpected positions, failed to save the Yorkshire side. Roscamp made matters safe with his second goal of the game, and Rovers won the Cup for the sixth time.

Sheff Utd v Nott'm Forest 3‑0

BLACKBURN R v Port Vale 2‑1; Man Utd v Birmingham 1 ‑0; Arsenal v Aston Villa 4‑1; Man C v Stoke C 0‑1 , HUDDERSFIELD T v Middlesbro 4‑0; Leicester C v Spurs 0‑2; Sheff Wed v Sheff Utd 1‑1, 1‑4; Nott'm Forest v Cardiff C 2‑1

Exeter C v BLACKBURN R 2‑2,1‑3; Port Vale v New Brighton 3‑0, Bury v Man Utd 1 ‑1, 0‑1; Wrexham v Birmingham 1‑3; Arsenal v Everton 4‑2; Aston Villa v Crewe Alex 3‑0; Sunderland v Man C 1‑2; Stoke C v Bolton Wand 4‑2; HUDDERSFIELD T v W. Ham 2‑1; Southport v Middlesbro 0‑3; Reading v Leicester C 0‑1; Spurs v Oldham Ath 3‑0; Sheff Utd v Wolves 3‑1; Swindon T v Sheff Wed 1‑2; Nott'm Forest v Derby Co 0‑0, 2‑0; Cardiff C v Liverpool 2‑1

BLACKBURN R v Newcastle Utd 4‑ 1; Rotherharn Utd v Exeter C 3‑3, 1‑2; Port Vale v Barnsley 3‑0; New Brighton v Corinthians 2‑1; Man Utd v Brentford 7‑1; Charlton Ath v Bury 1‑1, 3‑4; Wrexharn v Swansea T 2‑11; Birmingham v Peterborough & Fletton Utd 4‑3; Arsenal v WBA 2‑0; PNE v Everton 0‑2; Burnley v Aston Villa 0‑2; London Caledonians v Crewe Alex 2‑3; Sunderland v Northampton T 3‑3,3‑0; Man C v Leeds Utd 1‑0; Stoke C v Gillingham 6‑1; Bolton Wand v Luton T 2‑1; HUDDERSFIELD T v Lincoln C 4‑2; Portsmouth v W. Ham 0‑2; Southport v Fulharn 3‑0; Middlesbro v South Shields 3‑0; Reading v Grimsby T 4‑0; Hull C v Leicester C 0‑1 Bristol C v Spurs 1‑2; Blackpool v Oldham Ath 1‑4; Notts Co v Sheff Utd 2‑3 Wolves v Chelsea 2‑1; Swindon T v Clapton Orient 2‑1; Sheff Wed v Bournemouth & Bos Ath' 3‑0; Nott'm Forest v Tranmere R 1 ‑0; Miliwall v Derby Co 1‑2; Cardiff C v Southampton 2‑1; Liverpool v Darlington 1-0

Bournemouth & Bos Ath v Bristol R 6‑1 ‑ Charlton Ath v Kettering T 1‑1, 2‑ 1; Crewe Alex v Stockport Co 2‑0; Darlington v Rochdale 2‑1; Exeter C v Ilford 5‑2; Gillingham v Southend Utd 2‑0; Gainsboro Tr v Lincoln C 0‑2; London Caledonians v Bath C 1 ‑0; Luton T v Norwich C 6‑0; New Brighton v Rhyl Ath 7‑2; Northampton T v Brighton & H Alb 1 ‑0; Peterborough & Fletton Utd v Aldershot 2‑ 1; Bradford C v Rotherham Utd 2‑3; Bradford PA v Southport 0‑2; Swindon T v Crystal Palace 0‑0, 2‑1; Tranmere R v Halifax T 3‑ 1; Wrexharn v Carlisle Utd 1 ‑0

Aldershot v QPR 2‑1; Bath C v Southall 2‑0; Nelson v Bradford PA 0‑3; Bradford C v Workington 6‑0; Watford v Brighton & H Alb 1‑2; Bristol R v Walsall 4‑2; Carlisle Utd v Doncaster R 2‑ 1; Coventry C v Bournemouth & Bos Ath 2‑2, 0‑2; Crewe Alex v Ashington 2‑2, 2‑0; Dartford v Crystal Palace 1‑3; Darlington v Chesterfield 4‑ 1; Durham C v Wrexharn 1‑ 1, 0‑4; Exeter C v Aberdare 9‑ 1; Gainsboro Tr v Stockton 6‑0; Gillingharn v Plymouth Arg 2‑ 1; Halifax T v Hartlepools Utd 3‑0; Ilford v Dulwich Hamlet 4‑0, Kettering T v Chatham 2‑0; Accrington S v Lincoln C 2‑5; Northfleet Utd v London Caledonians 0‑ 1; Luton T v Clapton Orient 9‑0; Merthyr T v Charlton Ath 0‑0, 0‑2; Shidon v New Brighton 1‑3; Northampton T v Leyton 8‑0; Poole v Norwich C 1‑ 1, 0‑5; Botwell Mission v Peterborough & Fletton Utd 3‑4; Rhyl Ath v Wigan Borough 4‑3; Rochdale v Crook T 8‑2; Southend Utd v Wellington T 1 ‑0; Denaby Utd v Southport 2‑3; Spennymoor Utd v Rotherham Utd 1‑1, 2‑4; Stockport Co v